Spilt Wine on My Laptop - What to do?!
Last night I was writing up some blog stuff whilst enjoying a glass of cab sav, when - clumsy bastard that I am - I managed to spill around half of it onto the laptop keyboard. :ohmy:
Ooops :thumbdown: It still works <phew!>, but now when I turn it on it makes a long drawn out beeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeep, and Toni then found that a few of the keys don't work - backspace and the number 2 keys specifically. Have I borked it? Can I rescue it? I have less clue about 'puters than I do about women. And Toni'll tell you - that ain't much ;) Please, all BE I.T. guru's - Help! |
Re: Spilt Wine on My Laptop - What to do?!
Lick it off. The wine will be fine its only a day old :thumbup:
Dunno about the laptop though :rofl: |
Re: Spilt Wine on My Laptop - What to do?!
Originally Posted by Wiz'n'Ton
(Post 4758969)
Last night I was writing up some blog stuff whilst enjoying a glass of cab sav, when - clumsy bastard that I am - I managed to spill around half of it onto the laptop keyboard. :ohmy:
Ooops :thumbdown: It still works <phew!>, but now when I turn it on it makes a long drawn out beeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeep, and Toni then found that a few of the keys don't work - backspace and the number 2 keys specifically. Have I borked it? Can I rescue it? I have less clue about 'puters than I do about women. And Toni'll tell you - that ain't much ;) Please, all BE I.T. guru's - Help! I would take it along to a repairer and get them to strip down the keyboard and clean it up for you. Should be fine then. Bets of luck |
Re: Spilt Wine on My Laptop - What to do?!
Cheers Paul. I turned it off straight away, mopped up (and licked off, cheers Jack ;) ) the wine, then left it overnight.
Just tried it before I came to work this a.m. and it's not very happy. Time to get a PC geek involved - but where do I find one of them? Any ChCh'ians know of a decent chappy? Hell, who am I kidding, I wouldn't know if they were decent or not, so just a chappy would do fine! :) |
Re: Spilt Wine on My Laptop - What to do?!
Originally Posted by Wiz'n'Ton
(Post 4759140)
Cheers Paul. I turned it off straight away, mopped up (and licked off, cheers Jack ;) ) the wine, then left it overnight.
Just tried it before I came to work this a.m. and it's not very happy. Time to get a PC geek involved - but where do I find one of them? Any ChCh'ians know of a decent chappy? Hell, who am I kidding, I wouldn't know if they were decent or not, so just a chappy would do fine! :) The only concern is if any liquid tracked into one of your ports,dvd drive bay etc so I wouldn't be too keen on plugging any peripherals into it until I'd had a real good peep at the terminals. Last thing you want is to short something then you're in real grief. |
Re: Spilt Wine on My Laptop - What to do?!
Nice one nzer57 - I'll check it out tonight.
Cheers! :thumbsup: |
Re: Spilt Wine on My Laptop - What to do?!
Originally Posted by Wiz'n'Ton
(Post 4759465)
Nice one nzer57 - I'll check it out tonight.
Cheers! :thumbsup: |
Re: Spilt Wine on My Laptop - What to do?!
Originally Posted by Jack The Lad
(Post 4758991)
Lick it off. The wine will be fine its only a day old :thumbup:
Dunno about the laptop though :rofl: use a straw, and squash the end to get it betwen the keys.....:blink: |
Re: Spilt Wine on My Laptop - What to do?!
Originally Posted by Wiz'n'Ton
(Post 4759465)
Nice one nzer57 - I'll check it out tonight.
Cheers! :thumbsup: Try Need a Nerd. Aparently they're pretty good and they come to your house. Worth a call.... http://www.needanerd.co.nz/ Good luck, Paul |
Re: Spilt Wine on My Laptop - What to do?!
Originally Posted by Wiz'n'Ton
(Post 4758969)
Last night I was writing up some blog stuff whilst enjoying a glass of cab sav, when - clumsy bastard that I am - I managed to spill around half of it onto the laptop keyboard. :ohmy:
Ooops :thumbdown: It still works <phew!>, but now when I turn it on it makes a long drawn out beeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeep, and Toni then found that a few of the keys don't work - backspace and the number 2 keys specifically. Have I borked it? Can I rescue it? I have less clue about 'puters than I do about women. And Toni'll tell you - that ain't much ;) Please, all BE I.T. guru's - Help! My latest 'accident'...I tried to clean the laptop screen with a wet cloth. Now I've got stains behind the screen. :o |
Re: Spilt Wine on My Laptop - What to do?!
Originally Posted by southerner
(Post 4759481)
use a straw, and squash the end to get it betwen the keys.....:blink:
:thumbsup: 'GENIUS' :thumbsup: |
Re: Spilt Wine on My Laptop - What to do?!
This happened to us!! yes it is a sealed unit, we have an acer, new keyboard $99 straight from acer, $20 to be fitted. Leave it in the airing cupboard.
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Re: Spilt Wine on My Laptop - What to do?!
wiz
In the short term you could get an external keyboard and plug that in if your confident no liquid went into the internals. should only cost a few dollars wont it :thumbsup: regards shell and mark |
Re: Spilt Wine on My Laptop - What to do?!
Originally Posted by southerner
(Post 4759481)
use a straw, and squash the end to get it betwen the keys.....:blink:
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Re: Spilt Wine on My Laptop - What to do?!
Originally Posted by Wiz'n'Ton
(Post 4758969)
Last night I was writing up some blog stuff whilst enjoying a glass of cab sav, when - clumsy bastard that I am - I managed to spill around half of it onto the laptop keyboard. :ohmy:
Ooops :thumbdown: It still works <phew!>, but now when I turn it on it makes a long drawn out beeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeep, and Toni then found that a few of the keys don't work - backspace and the number 2 keys specifically. Have I borked it? Can I rescue it? I have less clue about 'puters than I do about women. And Toni'll tell you - that ain't much ;) Please, all BE I.T. guru's - Help! dip bud into some fluid prise off each key (one at time) and clean underneath it and on the pad itself replace key - move onto next one make sure switched off too! |
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